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"To the chefs who pioneered the nouvelle cuisine in France, the ancienne cuisine they were rebelling against looked timeless, primordial, old as the hills. But the cookbook record proves that the haute cuisine codified early in this century by Escoffier barely goes back to Napoleons time. Before that, French food is not recognizable as French to modern eyes. Europes menu before 1700 was completely different from its menu after 1800, when national cuisines arose along with modern nations and national cultures."

"After all, dont care how you want to sit there and deny the knowledge of River Mumma sitting on her rock - dont care how you deny the knowledge of fallen angels who can jump into your body as they please, or the knowledge of ancestors who sit beside your bed and watch when they not harkening on to the sounds of drumming - dont care how you deny any of it, all of it is still true. All of them things still exist, because them do not need the permission of your belief."

"we cannot calculate our important contests, adventures, and great loves to the end. The only thing we can really count on is getting surprised. No matter how much preparation we do, in the real tests of our lives, well be in unfamiliar terrain. Conditions might not be calm or reasonable. It may feel as though the whole world is stacked against us. This is when we have to perform better than we ever conceived of performing. I believe the key is to have prepared in a manner that allows for inspiration, to have laid the foundation for us to create under the wildest pressures we ever imagined."

"When I say that consciousness is an illusion I do not mean that consciousness does not exist. I mean that consciousness is not what it appears to be. If it seems to be a continuous stream of rich and detailed experiences, happening one after the other to a conscious person, this is the illusion."

"Embarrassment felt a lot like eating chili peppers. It burned in the back of your throat and there was nothing you could do to make it go away. You just had to take it, suffer from it, until it eased off." - Author: Sarah Addison Allen

"With no other choices open to us, wed turned our gaze seaward. The oceans were our America: they reached farther than any prairie, untamed as on the first day of creation. Nobody owned them." - Author: Carsten Jensen

"Alec?" Magnus was staring at him. He had dispatched the remaining Iblis demons, and the square was empty but for the two of them. "Did you just- did you just save my life?" Alec knew he ought to say something like, Of course, because Im a Shadowhunter and thats what we do, or Thats my job. Jace would have said something like that. Jace always knew the right thing to say. But the words that actually came out of Alecs mouth where quite different- and sounded petulant, even to his own ears. "You never called me back," he said. "I called you so many times and you never called me back." Magnus looked at Alec as if hed lost his mind. "Your city is under attack," he said. "The wards have broken, and the streets are full of demons. And you want to know why I havent called you?" - Author: Cassandra Clare

"They always looked back before turning the corner, for their mother was always at the window to nod and smile, and wave her hand to them. Somehow it seemed as if they couldnt have got through the day without that, for whatever their mood might be, the last glimpse of that motherly face was sure to affect them like sunshine." - Author: Louisa May Alcott